Scientific Conference
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The IMPACT Collaboratory Scientific Conference on embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs) in Dementia is an annual event to disseminate knowledge, promote research development, and engage partners to improve the care and health outcomes of people living with dementia and their care partners. The conference provides an interactive forum for participants to present research and discuss emerging insights to improve dementia care.
2026 IMPACT Scientific Conference
The 2026 Scientific Conference will be held on May 27-28 for invited members of the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory. Sessions on May 28 will be streamed on the IMPACT LinkedIn page. The agenda will include introductions to new funded awardees, three topic-based moderated sessions with presentations from speakers from the IMPACT community and NIA funded researchers.
Agenda
Morning Session
9:00 am | Welcome
Session 1: How Stringently Should IMPACT Funded Research Adhere to an ePCT Design?
Moderator:
Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH - Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife
Debaters:
Alexia Torke, MD, MS - Oregon Health & Science University
Thomas Travison, PhD - Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife
Respondent:
Melissa Riddle, PhD - National Institute on Aging
10:30 am | Break
10:45 am | Session 2: Use of Real Time Data in Pragmatic Trials (Enrollment, Data Coordination, and Implementation)
Moderator:
Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN - New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Presenters:
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
Corita Grudzen, MD, MSHS, FACEP - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Respondent:
Joseph Gaugler, PhD - University of Minnesota
12:15 am | Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
1:00 pm | Session 3: Findings from the IMPACT 1.0 Awardee Projects
Moderator:
Vincent Mor, PhD - Brown University School of Public Health
Career Development Awardees:
Erica Frechman, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN - Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Rebecca Lassell, PhD, OTR/L - Indiana University School of Public Health - Bloomington
Demonstration Project:
Nicole Fowler, PhD, MHSA - Indiana University School of Medicine
Pilot Projects:
Julie Lauffenburger, PharmD, PhD - Brigham and Women’s Hospital (v)
Veronica Yank, MD - University of California, San Francisco
2:30 pm | Closing Remarks
Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN - New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing
3:00 pm | Meeting Adjourns
